Food

Pilgrim's Pride shuts down several chicken facilities as part of a planto curtail losses amid record-high costs for corn, soybean meal andother feed ingredients and an oversupply of chicken in the UnitedStates.

Cadbury Schweppes plc appoints four new members to the Board ofDirectors of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), its U.S. beveragessubsidiary.

Recalls can be dangerous for the consumer, but they are also downright detrimental to the consumer goods companies involved as consumers abandon a recalled brand for another in the interim, or worse, for life. CGT asks analysts from AMR Research, Hitachi Consulting and IBM to identify the primary causes of product recalls and how your company can monitor external production operations to thwart those causes.

Whether it's helping people or helping the planet, PepsiCo is using its marketing ability to do both.

CGT Publisher Lori Castle gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Kraft Foods has an entire group within its business dedicated to consumer insights, but beyond that, one member of the company is working to shape insights for the industry. Part of Kraft's strategy includes a commitment to "rewire the organization for growth" and technology plays a leading role.

Record-high feeding costs forces Pilgrim's Pride to continue weekly processing reduction of chicken, following previously announced closing of plant.

Frito-Lay answers the number one consumer request by creating Pinch of Salt, a line of snack chips with 30 percent to 50 percent less sodium.